Vending-machine.



L. L. MoLANE.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum JULY 22, 1913.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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l/vi tmcoow L. L. MoLANE.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION IILED JULY 22, 1913.

1,105,679. Patented Aug. 4, 191:;

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PATENT morn L. name, on Nnvmax, DELAWARE.

vimnrumnacnnm To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLoYn- L. MOLANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, inthe county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vendin -Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vending machines and has particular application to a coin controlled newspaper vendin anachine.

11 carrying out the present invention, it.

is my purpose to provide a vending machine which will be found es ecially useful? for vending newspapers and w ereby a number of different newspapers may be vended.

It is also my purpose to provide a machine of the class described which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, ellicicncy and durability and wherein the component parts will be so correlated and arranged as to reduce the possibility of derangement to a minimum Furthermore, I aim to provide a coin controlled newspaper vending machine by means. of a plurality of delivery mechanisms, a number of different papers may be delivered to a customer simultaneously upon 1 the application of the proper coins to the respective delivery mechanisms and where- 1n the idle delivery mechanisms will remain inactive during the operation of the active a mechanism.

Withthe above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herd inafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a newspaper vending machine constructed in accordance with the present invention. F ig. a is a vertical sectional view' therethrough. Fig; 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line l4 of Fig. 2, and Figs, 5 and 6 are perspective views showing one of the delivery mechanisms as inactive and active respectively.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a casing preferably of box-like form and constructed of any suitable or desirable material, such casing being mounted upon legs 2. This casing 1 is divided into upper and Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 22, 1913.. Serial No. 7801513.

lower chambers 3 and 4 respectively by means of a horizontal partition 5, while the lower chamber'is subdivided, by means of vertical partitions 6, into compartments '7 having t e upper wallsthereo-f formed by the horizontal partition 5. Each compartment 7 is designed to contain a number of newspapers P and is provided with a verti- .cally movable follower 8: upon which the papers rest, such follower being pressed in i an. upward direction bymeans of coiled ex-. pension. springs 9 9' interposedbetween the follower amid the: bottom wall of the respectivecompartment, the pa ers in each. con1- partment being different rem those in the othercompartments. so that various news, papers: may be: vended from, the same machine. The. front wall of each compartment- 7 is equipped with a transparent window 10. whereby the papers within such compartment may be viewed, and with a delivery openin 11 above the window and at the upper one of the compartment, such delivery epening, being normally closed by imcnns of a) vertically movable lid 12 fhingedly connected, to the front. wall of the rcompartment above the delivery opening therein.

In the. present instance, the delivery mechanism for each compartment is mounted within the upper chamber 3 and comprises i a horizontal arm 13 slidably mounted within horizontally alining bearings 14, 14 depending from, the top wall of the chamber 3 above the respective compartment, such arm having the rear end thereof equipped with a depending finger 15 projectmg through a slot .16 formed in. the top wall of the compartment adjacent to the rear end wall thereof. The forward end of each arm 13- is forked or bifurcated as at 17 and has the free ends of the limbs of such forked end formed with vertically alining slotsv 18 disposed immediately below and adjacent to one end of a coin slot 19 formed in the top wall of the chamber 3 immediately above the forward end of the lever, Slidably' mounted within a guide 20' depending'from the top wall of the chamber 3 and alining horizontally with the guides 14:, 14 of the respective lever 13, is a rod 21 having the rear end thereof alin ing with the front end of the arm. 13 and capable of entering the yoked end of such arm normally, such end of the rod bein Patented Aug. 4,1914."

upon a bracket 23 uprising from the artition 5 adjacent to the forward end 0 arm 13 is a bar 241 carrying at one end a plate disposed between the confronting ends of the rod 21 and the arm 13 and normally held above the slot in the respective arm by means of a weight 26 suitably connected to the free end of the rod. f The numeral 27 designates a coiled contractile spring having one end fastened to.

therespective' arm 13 and the opposite end secured to the partition 5 and these springs act upon the arms to'hold the fingers 1'5 normally at the forward ends of the slots 16 and in engagement with the topmost papers.

' Slidably mounted within suitable guides 28 depending from the top wall of the u per chamber3 adjacent to the frontwall o the casing is an actuating bar 29 carrying rearwardly extending segments 30 formed with arcuate slots 32' receiving pins 33 carried by the forwardends of the bars 21. Pivotally connected to the upper 'wall' of the" chamber 3 is an operating lever 3 l' extendingouh wardly of the front wall of the casing by way of a slot 35 formedtherein and connected to the adjacent end of the actuating bar 29 through the medium of 'a linkj36. A coiled expansion spring 37 has one end connected to the bar 29 and the opposite endfaste'ned to the front wall of the casing land actsto hold the actuating bar normallyin inactive position.

Normall the arms 13 and finger 15 are in the positions illustratedin Figs. 3 and 4 and the actuating bar in the. osition shown in Fig. 4,"whilethe 'plates b iitwee'h 'the confronting ends of the arms and'thedbds 21 are normally elevated as illustrated in Fig. 5. When a' customer desires to obtain a paper from the machine, the required coin is deposited within-the proper slot 19 and drops onto the ,plate 25 with the efiect to lower such plate against the action of the counterweight 26 so that the coin enters the slots or grooves'18fand 22 in the confronting ends of the'arms 13a'nd the bar 21. This establishes; in efiect; a connection between the respective-sliding bar and the arm and by swinging the lever 34 about it's fulcrum the actuating bar 29 is moved longitudinally within its bearings against the actionof the spring 37' and the segments 31 slide the bars 21 inwardly. As thebars 21 move inwardly,

the bar connectedwith the arm through the mediumfof the" coin imparts movement to such arm and slides the samefagainst the action-Totthe-respective spring 27 thereby carrymg the finger 15 toward the "rear end of-the' respective slot 16 and behind the topmost pa-per. The lever'is now-1 released and the sprmgs 37, and 27 react tore'store the bar v '29' a'nd'tli'e respective 'arm'tc normal position.

As the arm moves forwardly, the finger thereon-behind the paper'forces the latter meager/e each way of t -manher of employing .readily apparent.

outwardl of the respective compartment by e delivery opening 11 so that the purchaser, by grasping the paper may withdraw the same from the machine. The remaining bars 21, that is, to say, the bars not afiected, by the coin of the ,fork'd ends of the respective arms and so permit the latter to remain inactlve or in normal position. The top wall-of each compartment is preferably equipped with bow-shaped the friction leaf springs'38 so as to decrease. between the top wall of the compartment and the respective pile ofv papers.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction, mode of operation and lit will be'seep that I have'provideda newspaper vendlng' machine whereby any desired number of diflerent papers may be dispensed and wherein asmany of such papers as is desired maybe delivered to the purchaser simultaneously. Slidably mounted within suitable guidesbelw the pans 25 is a coin receptacle 39' capable of removal from the respective-chamberby way of a door 40 closing an opening in one end wall thereof. j

While 1 have herein shown and described one preferred form of my invention by way .of illustration,

1 wish it to be "understood slide between the limbs my invention will be that I- do not'limit or confine myself to the prccisejdetails 'of construction herein described are delineated, as modification and variation may be made within the scope of theclaimswithouraephungntai the spirit of theinvention. I

lclaimz' 1. In a newspaper vending machine, a chamber designed to receivethe papers to be vended and formed with a delivery opening in the front end wall-thereof and a'slot in thatop wall adjacent to the rear e'ndwall thereof, a second chamber surmounting said first chamber, a delivery arm slidably mounted withinsaid second chamber, a finger formed on the rear end of said arm and projectingthrough said slot and normally resting upon the top paper, means for moving said arm rearwardly wlthin said chamber, and means for drawing said arm downwardlv in the rearward movement thereof whereby the finger will engage the rear end of the top paper, andthen pulling said arm forwardly whereby the forward end'of the paper will be proj opening.

2. In a news casing divided 'into superposed chambers, partitions dividin compartments, eac designed to receive the papers to be vended, a delivery arm slidably ected through the delivery paper vending machine,-a

I the lower chamber into mounted within the upper chamber above formed on the each compartment, a finger rear end of each arm and projecting into forward end of the paper will be projected 10 the respective compartment and normally out of the respective compartment. resting upon the top of the papers therein, In testimony whereof I affix my signature means for moving each arm rearwardly in presence of two witnesses.

within said chamber and means for drawing each arm downwardly in the rearward LLOYD M -movement thereof whereby the finger will Witnesses:

engage the rear end of the paper and then RODGER R. Lova'r'r pulling said arm forwardly whereby the GEO. D. KELLEY, 5r. 

